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XVI. He fuggefts the advantages of birth to a perfon
of merit, and the folly of a fupercilioufnefs that is
built upon that fole foundation.
XVII. He indulges the fuggeftions of fpleen: an elegy to the winds.
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XVIII. He repeats the fong of Collin, a difcerning
fhepherd; lamenting the state of the woollen manu-
factory.
XIX. Written in fpring, 1743.
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XX. He compares his humble fortune with the dif
treffes, of others, and his fubjection to Delia with
the miferable fervitude of an African flave.
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XXI. Taking a view of the country from his retire-
ment, he is led to meditate on the character of the
ancient Britons. Written at the time of a rumoured
tax upon luxury. 1746.
XXII. Written in the year
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when the rights of
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fepulture were fo frequently violated.
XXIII. Reflections fuggefted by his fituation.
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XXIV. He takes occafion, from the fate of Eleanor
of Bretagne, to fuggeft the imperfect pleafures of a
folitary life. 69
XXV. To Delia, with fome flowers; complaining
how much his benevolence fuffers on account of his
humble fortune.
XXVI. Defcribing the forrow of an ingenuous mind,
on the melancholy event of a licentious amour.
II. ODES, SONGS, BALLADS, &c.
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Rural Elegance: an ode to the late Duchess of Somer-
fet. Written 1750.
Ode to Memory, 1748.
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The Princess Elizabeth: a ballad alluding to a story
recorded of her, when he was prifoner at Wood-
ftock, 1554
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Ode to a young Lady, fomewhat too folicitous about
her manner of expreffion.
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Nancy
Ode to Health. 1730.
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Toa Lady of Quality, fitting up her library, 1738. 101
Upon a vifit to the fame, in winter.
An irregular ode after fickness.
1748.
1749.
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To a Lady, with fome coloured Patterns of Flowers,
October 7, 1736.
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Written in a Flower Book of my own colouring, de- figned for Lady Plymouth.
Anacreontic.
1738.
Ode. Written 1739.
The Dying Kid.
1753-4.
III
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Songs, written chiefly between the years 1737 and
A Paftoral Ode, to the Honourable Sir Richard Lyt-
telton.
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Verses, written towards the close of the year 1748, to
William Lyttelton, Efq.
Love and Mufic, written at Oxford, when young. 144
Comparison. 146
Ode to Cynthia, on the approach of Spring. 147
Jemmy Dawfon, a ballad; written about the time of
his execution, in the year 1745.
A Paftoral Ballad, in four parts. Written 1743.
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III. LEVITIES, or PIECES of HUMOUR.
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Flirt and Phil; a decision for the ladies.
Stanzas to the memory of an agreeable Lady, buried
in marriage to a perfon undeferving her.
Colemira. A culinary eclogue.
The Rape of the Trap. A ballad. 1737.
On certain paftorals.
IV. MORAL PIECES.
The Judgment of Hercules.
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ibid.
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1831
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The Progrefs of Tafte: or the fate of delicacy. 215
Oeconomy, a rhapfody, addreffed to young poets. 237
The Ruin'd Abbey; or, the effects of fuperftition 259
Love and Honour.
The School-Miftrefs.
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V. INSCRIPTIONS.
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VI. VERSES to Mr. SHENSTONE. 307-324
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